Clothes pole



A. R. HEATH Jam l2, W54

CLOTHES POLE Filed June 4, 1948 FIG. 6

Arma s2 .HEATH JNVENIOR.

Patented Jan. 12, 1954 UNITED` STATE yctofrmzs POLE, y Amos R. Heath, Rochester, N. Y. Application June 4, 1948,'ser'ia1No. 31,007

1 Claim. (Cl. 248-353) j `In most homes clothing isk washed at regular intervals andthe wet'wash 'is hung out 'on the line t'odry. A clothes pole' orr a clothes prop is placed under the line to keep it from 'sagging and to keep the clothes hung thereon from touching the ground.

If the line sags accidentally from the slipping of the pole 'and otherwise,"the clothes can touch the ground and be soiled thereby.

To hold the clothes line with the clothes thereu on at the desired elevation, I have invented a blockor fastening device for a clothes pole that will not only support the line, but will tighten the line and thus hold the clothes at the desired elevation.

'Another object of zny invention is to devise a fastening device that can be attached to the clothes pole at the top thereof that will engage the clothes line at a small angle and then can be moved at approximately right angles to the clothes line and even at right angles to the ground so that the pole will then hold the line at the desired elevation and so that the engagement between the pole and the line will be secure against slipping;

Another object of the invention is to provide such a device that can be cheaply made and. will eiectively grip the clothes line so that it will be held by the clothes pole to which it is attached. v These and other objects-of the invention will be illustrated 'inA the drawings, described in the specication and pointedY out in the claim at the end thereof. y Y Y In the drawings: Y Figure -1 is a diagrammatic viewiof the clothes line suspended between two stationary posts and supported in the middle by the clothes pole of my invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of a clothes pole partly broken away at the bottom with a block or fastening device attached to the pole near the top thereof.

Figure 2a is a side elevation of the clothes pole and the block shown in Figure 2.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the clothes pole partly broken away at the bottom with a modifled form of the block or fastening device attached to the pole near the top thereof, the block having one jaw that opens upwardly and a second jaw that opens downwardly..

Figure 3a is a side elevation of the clothes pole and the block shown in Figure 3.

It will be understood that the block shown in Figures 2 and 2a is preferably made of wood and the block shown in Figures 3 and Sais preferably madeiof metal(M Figure 4 isa front elevation of the clothes pole partly brokenv away at the bottoni in which vthe block is replaced by a metal plate, the plateland the clothes pole having a 'slot'therein the plate and pole being-perforated to receive albolt at the top which is stationary and the plate' andthe pole being slotted to receive a bolt at the bottomthe second named bolt being adjustable up andV down in the slot.

Figure la is a side elevation of the pole and the block shown in Figure 4.

Figure 5 is a front elevation ofV a clothes pole partly broken away at the bottom having a 'metal block thereon in which two jaws are formed, one beingopened to the right and theother being opened to the left for the purpose of gripping the clothes line.

Figure 5a is a side elevation of the blockY shown in Figure 5. Y

Figure 6 is a front elevation of the clothes pole having two blocks thereon similar to the blocks shown in Figure 2, the blocks being in line with each other so that the clothes line may be engaged with one or both blocks as may be desired.

Figure 6a is a side elevation of a clothes pole and block shownin .Figure 5.

Figure '7 isa front elevation of a clothes pole partly\fbroken awayat the bottom `with a block or fastening device attached to the pole near `the top thereof, the block or fastening device being a modification of the block shown in Fig-` ure 3, having one jaw opening upwardly and twoI jaws in tandem that open downwardly,

Figure 7a is a side elevation of a clothes; pole and the block shown in Figure '7.

In the drawings, like reference numerals indicate like parts.

In the drawings reference numerals I and 2 indicate posts that are placed stationary in the ground, Each of these posts has a cross arm 3 and l5 placed transversely to the posts and between the cross arms a clothes line 5 is stretched. This clothes line is shown supported in the middie by a clothes prop or pole 6.

The remaining figures of the drawing correspond in a general way to what is shown in Figure 1.

In Figure 2 reference numeral 6 indicates the clothes pole, which pole is partly broken away at the bottom. Near the top of this pole is a block 'l preferably made of wood. This block is grooved up and down centrally at 8 and is a fastened to the clothes pole 6 by screws 9, 9. On the top and bottom the block is grooved transversely as indicated at I0 and II.

The block is engaged with the clothes line, not when it is in its upright position as is shown in full lines in Figures 1, 2 and 3 but when the clothes pole is in the dotted line position shown in Figure 1. Thereafter the clothes pole is brought to the upright position shown in full lines in` Figure l. andf. in thisway the block not only grips the line but shortensitheline as well and the line is raised to the full length of the clothes pole.

In Figure 3 I have shown a modied form of,

the block in which the block I2 is fastened" on the pole B by two screws I3, I3. The blockx I2; in this case is made preferably oi sheet metal and has one jaw I4 extendingupwardly therefrom and another jaw I5 extending downwardly therefrom, these jaws being shown in side elevation... in"4 l'aigureI 3a.

In Figure 4 I have shown the pole., 61' having anblock thereon which block`Y consists. ofi a at metal` plate I6". This plateandthepoleare perforated to receive abindingpost I'I' and the plate and pole arev slottedl at IB to receive a binding posti I9.- which. bindingr postr is movable up and d 1\llr1,ir1-tl1e` slot IBL. These binding postsA are fastened', at the back by nuts 29,l 29; The post |91 canbe placed, close to the post II' asY shown by dotted lines atl I9 orcanv be placed'. remote from the post4 I8 asshown in full linesat` I9 in Figure 4'.

Withthe binding. posts placed close' together as shown in Figure #andthe clothesv pole; placed in its dottedline position as; above described" the line is slack; The clothes` poleis then moved from its" dotted line .tof its full position in- Figure-1`- to grip the line and' take up a little slack therein.v

With the posts'll and I9 placedirernotefrom each other the clothes pole can engagewith the line as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1Vl and can then bev brought to-thefull line position shown in Figure 1' in which case it will takeY up moreslack in the line.-

ls-shownY inv Figure, the clothesfpole has' a block thereon which is in the form of a plate 24 fastened*A to the clothes` poleby twoscrews'- 25 and 26. In this block two jaws'` areL for-med; namely 2T and 285 Oneof these jaws opensliorizontallyto `Vthe rightandJ the other'jaw opens horizontally to the left:

These jaws are engagedwith tielineE when the-polelisY in dotted line pesition-asshown in Figure 1 and' they` grip and-tighterrthe:linefwhen 'e the clothes-Ypoleifiszmoved to full 'l liner position Figure 1*.

In Figures 6 and 6a I have shown the block 1 shown in Figure 2 together with a supplemental block 1a. Both of these blocks are fastened to the pole by screws as described above and both of them have slots 8 and 8a similar to the slot 8 shown in Figure 2.

The slots 8 and 8a are in line or in tandem with each other and the line 5 can be engaged with one or both slots just as it is desired to take; upa.smalliamountongreatamount of slack inA the-linef-when=the poleeiisfplaced in the full line position shown in Figure l.

In Figures 'Z and 7a I have shown a metal block 32 having a jaw 33 opening upward therein andjaw 34 and jaw 35 opening downward there- The, clothes line l5 will be engaged with the upper jaw and with the jaw 34 or 35 as may be desiredf to talee up little or more slack in the line-5:

In all these blocks the line will be engaged *'Withthe. blockwhile the, pole 6is. in thedotted line positioninY Figure.. 1. and the line.i will. be raisedgandtightened. by, moving the pole tothe full' line position. in Figure, 1.

I'. claim:

A clothes pole having a substantially. rectane gular, plate secured to. one4 sideY thereof.V adjacent one*v end thereof; said plate, having oppositely directed jaws oiset from the planeY ofjtleplat'e, said jawsy being; l'ocatediV in diagonally.l opposite corners of the plate one ofi. saidjaws extending ina direction toward" the adjacent end' oftlie pole, and. being,Y formed along one sid'e edge. of theA plate,V and theother. jaw-being oppositely directed and formedv along the other sideY edge of the plate, saidv jaws being laterally spaced whereby a.clothesline mayv pass over one jaw. extend for a, distance' parallel with the longitudinalaxis of the pole, and/thence pass overY the other jaw, said pole being.pointed'iatitgother end for'projectiorr intoY the ground wherebysaid pole maygbe held '.ata right angle` tothe endsof said clothesline. extending away fronr the jaws byV insertion into the ground;

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